Posted on 10/12/2010 8:20:37 PM PDT by only the truth
Sometimes we get so worked up it is good to have a little common sense humor.
. Print this pageClose.If a hunter's gotta go, what's wrong with the woods? John Kelso, CommentaryUpdated: 5:22 a.m. Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Published: 7:53 p.m. Monday, May 17, 2010
If it's permissible for bears to do what bears do in the woods, why not Texas hunters?
This question popped up March 9 when the Waco regional office of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality got a complaint on hunters pooping in the woods in rural Limestone County, east of Waco.
"The complainant alleged that David Cousins had been leasing out a hunting cabin and allowing the hunters to deficate (sic) in the woods," the TCEQ complaint report says.
Part of the problem, said Anna Dunbar, regional director of TCEQ's Waco office, is that the hunting cabin had an outhouse. "It was just an old-fashioned hole in the ground with a little seat over it," she said. She explained that outhouses of this sort are "strictly prohibited."
Outhouses are illegal in Texas? What's this state coming to?
This brings up a serious philosophical question. Should hunters have plumbing, and if they do, should they be forced to use it? Doesn't the Second Amendment address hunters going in the woods? If it doesn't, it should. Many hunters go hunting not so much for the deer as to get away from the "Yes, dear." Hey, there is such a thing as quality of life.
(Excerpt) Read more at statesman.com ...
HE He,Ha Ha!!!!
I’ve often felt like taking a leak outdoors, particularly when I see those “environmentally sensitive aquifer recharge zone” warning signs. I figger if all sorts of animals are allowed to pee there, why shouldn’t I?
Just call me the thread party pooper. lol
As a backpacker, I’ve read several trail books, and I must say I was dismayed to read that the Grand Canyon has problems with human waste. Supposedly, people have to “carry it out”; can anyone confim this?
That would change the experience forever:
“Is the fire out?” “Got it!”
“Everyone packed and ready to go?” “Sir yes sir!”
“Are the feces secured?” (crickets chirping)
If Obama is allowed to do it on our Constitution, why can’t a hunter do the same thing in the woods?
“has taken precautions with that type of facility to prevent illness “
The proper outhouse will see a bag of lime sitting on a shelf. It keeps the amount of critters down.
“de minimus”
Sounds like AGE to me.
IIRC, “de minimus” has a legal meaning which translates to “too unimportant to be worthy of notice”.
The Judge also was kind in his indirect references to the circus that would ensue if any more efforts were expended on “the case of those who dumped in the woods”.
“Still, couldn’t this lead to a new Cabinet position? You know, the secretary of, well, nevermind “
What, a Sh!t Czar?
What happens in East Texas, stays in East Texas.
yes
“de minimus” has a legal meaning which translates to “too unimportant to be worthy of notice”.
And what i would hope is a federal judge would rule that the carbon dioxide human beings contribute to the atmosphere is: de minimus.
oh well. i was trying to make a joke.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.